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There is nothing wrong with being a redhead. There is nothing special about being one, either. Yet this hasn’t stopped one particularly libidinous Jewish teen from trying to sow his kosher oats with a dedicated, “Hug a Ginger Day” holiday. The campaign, launched by California high schooler Andrew Cohen and spread across the country using the popular website “Facebook,” threatens to result in a frenzy of inappropriate proximity and privileges amongst America’s littlest learners. So far, over 2,000 children have agreed to take part in this teenage grope fest, scheduled for December 8th. Because of the grass roots nature of Cohen’s campaign, school administrators have not been able to get a handle on this situation. Parental permission slips have not been sent out and many teachers may be caught off guard by the sudden explosion of pansexual touchings on Tuesday. In an era when the Swine Flu Pandemic is ravaging our schools and kids are constantly sexually harassed by their public teachers, is letting this sort of activity proceed really a good idea?

“Some students complain of peer pressure to hug to fit in. And schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway clogging and late arrivals to class — have outlawed hugging or imposed a three-second rule.”

“The prevalence of boys’ nonromantic hugging (especially of other boys) is most striking to adults. Experts say that over the last generation, boys have become more comfortable expressing emotion, as embodied by the MTV show “Bromance,” which is now a widely used term for affection between straight male friends.”

It’s unclear whether this “Hug A Ginger” event is aimed at heterosexual hugging or if there is some underhanded attempt to get boys to touch each other inappropriately on school grounds and in restrooms. For girls, it may open the door to unwelcome advances from male students desperate for lustful gratification. For parents, this type of outwardly expressed teenage sexual experimentation is a slippery slope that can hurt a girl’s chances to gain admission to college, particularly if it results in the stages of pregnancy (though this is certainly the type of self-expression that will fight right in at certain colleges). Cohen may also be underhandedly advancing his own self-aggrandizing and procreative needs. California Penal Code 288 specifically defines this type of contact as “lewd and lascivious” behavior. While this crime is usually a misdemeanor, a conviction still results in a criminal record and the possibility of lifelong registration as a sex offender. For this reason, all sex crime charges must be taken very seriously.

On a more profound level, the “Equal Rights” clause of the US Constitution makes it perfectly clear that there is no reason whatsoever to single out one set of people for special rights and privileges or celebrations. Singling people out because of their physical attributes is simply racism. This is precisely the sort of thing that got the Germans in trouble in the 1940s. This is obviously something the redheads are trying to circumvent and violate. In truth, this whole special rights issue is eerily reminiscent of many of the affirmative action and gay rights legislative actions we have seen recently in the United States: giving one type of people legal power and super rights because they have spent more money and time lobbying certain elected officials. It is an endemic issue for the Democrat Party, where slush funds and donations from special activist groups have resulted in the worst types of government decrees, from tearing down Christmas displays in an Orange County courthouses to gay marriage laws.

Money or notoriety may also be factors in this whole endeavor. A half dozen “Hug A Ginger”Facebook groups have already formed, all with competing dates. Some even suggest a week-long hugging event. The University of North Carolina recently instituted its own Ginger day, created by a female student who is not currently in a relationship. Could this result in yet another federally-funded and union-approved holiday? Could we see the redheads of America singled out for special affirmative rights, like Native Americans? President Obama has made it perfectly clear that he will embrace each and every liberal interest group with a checkbook so only time will tell. Inevitably, the backlash has begun. Students in Los Angeles who oppose this liberal agenda held their own “Kick a Ginger” day just last week.

About The AuthorStephenson Billings is an Investigative Journalist, Motivational Children's Party Entertainer and Antique Soda Bottle Collector all in one special, blessed package! Facebook me here or Fanmail me: StephensonBillings@yahoo.com !

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jesus christ here we go again.
first of no redheads aren’t gonna get special treatment and that is problably not w¨hat they are going for either.
second this is ment as an event to embrace friendliness. there’s nothing gay about it or even remotely sexual. if a girl gets prengnat and it’s started with a hug it was bound to happen anyway.
sure if random people went around trying to hug me i’d smack ‘em in the face because i don’t like it when people get close to me but then again these kids all have that option don’t they. what the hell are schools suposed to do? it’s not exactly an event planed within school grounds is it?
i don’t knoiw if you noticed but your quote seems pro hugging as far as i can see. you actually have a quote basicly saying “there’s nothing wrong with hugging young people have just become better to show efection. the only reason you think it’s wrong is because you are emotionaly retardet”
there’s nothing special about being christian either so shut up about it allready. it’s not about makeing redheads special. it’s about makeing a special event where some people can come close to one another. the redhead part is just a stupid gimick.

I see a disturbing trend in the rise of red-heads in the media. It all seems like a disturbing publicity stunt to gain them more attention, just like that UFO family in Colorado. Next up, the red-heads will be wanting a reality show, too, and if they don’t get it they’ll start sending their children up in weather balloons. This movement must be suppressed before it gains more momentum, otherwise in 30-40 years we might see a red-head in the WHITE House…I shudder at the thought…

what now redheads are evil too? seriously soon hitler will even be able to look at you and say what the fuck is up with the hate dude
seriously i don’t belive that ANYONW on earth don’t fall into any of the groups you have insulted over the past few weeks

The kid was simply trying to counter the effects of the hateful “kick a Ginger day”, by turning it into a day of hugging instead of kicking. And you call him “lewd and lascivious” for doing so? What the fuck is wrong with you?

I think you can leave out the sweaty part because that has nothing to do with giving people hugs, but going around and giving gingers hugs would be a very nice and compassionate thing to do, as long as you weren’t creepy about it.

Your “could bes” and “could turn into” is the biggest load of horse shit I’ve ever read. I can say you are a children’s party entertainer, therefore you can possibly rape a 5 year old kid one day. A hug may lead to pregnancy? That could possibly be the dumbest phrase I’ve read in a long time Stephenson Billings. You sir, are a disgrace to America!

You are scum and have no idea what you are talking about. This Andrew kid promoted friendliness instead of bullying around schools in his area. What is wrong with that?

Go cram a bible up your ass.

Oh i forgot, since you collect soda bottles, you could possibly be a murdered too….IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. In all honesty, do yourself a favor and jump off a cliff; we already have too many ignorant idiots in America.

What could you possibly see wrong with this article? Are you a parent? Do you know the terror you must face each and every day worrying about the sexual activity of your child? I guess not. Do you really want to tell me that you see nothing wrong with kids touching and groping each other at some school-sanctioned event and possibly adults touching kids, too? That’s pretty sick.

It isn’t about groping eachother and satisfying sexual tension, that is just taking it too far. Giving hugs to people that are picked on for the color of their hair is a very nice and thoughtful thing to do. Also, isn’t Jesus all about treating your fellow man with dignity and respect, and loving him. How is this something that Jesus would oppose?

This is ridiculous Stephenson Billings. I am pretty sure the agenda of the event is not to promote sexual activity, nor hugging of strangers. Rather, it is more of a campaign of friendliness, and is taking action against violence exhibited in the middle school incident. The fact that you alluded to the “Students in Los Angeles who oppose this liberal agenda held their own “Kick a Ginger” day just last week.” These students were just poorly influenced by a South Park TV episode in which, in making fun of gingers, they are satirizing the ridiculousness of discrimination and the lengths to which some people exaggerate in this hate. These kids turned an initial joke into a terrible result, and hopefully will learn from this thing.

Thankfully there are students like this Andrew fellow who promote a lack of hatred and righteousness in society. Nice hate within your article too, making fun of Jews….

How do I make fun of Jews? That was never my intention and if you believe that you are sorely mistaken. But this is really just another page torn from the playbook of liberals like yourself– someone finds fault with what you’re doing and you scream “Discrimination!” I make a very solid, valid point that overhugging is both unwelcome and sexually inclined. Even the New York Times agrees! So stop typing out your nonsense, I’m not buying it. These children do not have any right to use this “We want to love people of different abilities” campaign to promote unwanted physical contact. Have you not been paying attention to the sexual abuse scandals in our schools for the last decade?

Its a HUG not a blowjob. GET A FUCKING LIFE and go spread your fear and terror bullshit somewhere else. Nobody said anything about adult strangers hugging children. Its other kids in school huggin each other. Christ on a cracker you’re a moron Mr Billings. You are a sad sad little man.

Yea I really have a hard time taking this article seriously. This kid started this great compassionate movement to stop abuse of gingers, and you are criticizing him for promoting sexual harassment and sexual misconduct? I don’t see the paralell you drew between the two because honestly i don’t see how you got from one thing to the other. A hug is not sexual harassment. It is a sign of kindness, thoughtfulness, and compassion. To go as far as saying that a hug is sexually exciting and inappropriate is really a load of bull.

i swear man, some of these comments are funnier that the actual articles. This type of lampooning just goes right over some people’s heads, and the result is pretty hilarious. What really gave me lulz was the “Motivational Children’s Party Entertainer” bit. LOL!

this is ridiculous. i go to the school with andrew cohen, and this is not a sexual thing at all!!!! it is meant to stand up to the hatred that came about from “kick a ginger day” where other teens got arrested for physically assaulting redheads. this is NOT sexual, rather, trying to heal the wounds caused by “kick a ginger day”. the author of this article is ridiculous!!! teachers would never condemn this… it is meant to spread love, not sexuality or hate! this author needs to fact check and get a life…. they have no idea what they are talking about! i am furious that something like this could happen in modern times… im all for freedom of speech and press, but this is complete ridiculousness. you sir are going to hell for this with you radical jew-hating ideology….

oh and one more thing, this has nothing to do with being gay (which is fine contrary to your beliefs) or touching inappropriately!!!! hugging at my school, the New Community Jewish High School is not out of the norm… it is also not punishable or something that anyone looks down upon! noone is forced into it or peer pressured into doing something that they dont want to do…. it is the opposite of sexual, it is an expression of friendship! NO parent at our school has a problem with this and the teachers and principal at our school actually applaud andrew for his actions to reduce the hatred in the world that you are attempting to further.

“Some students complain of peer pressure to hug to fit in. And schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway clogging and late arrivals to class — have outlawed hugging or imposed a three-second rule.” FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES!!!

wow it’s in the paper? then it must be true!!!! try to think on your own for change(no don’t use the bible when you do that either) if sombody is getting peer presured into huggong people or neing hugged that person is scaryly weak willed but hey at least there are far worse thing that person could have been presured to do(basicly there isn’t anything you couldn’t make that person do useing peer presure) and those rules you mention is just further proff of people like you completly missing the point of it all.

I see that my comment about Shameful’s nasty fetish was removed…awesome. Just further proved my point….was it the guilt that made you remove it? Fear? Or just the ugly truth? Oh, btw…I’m a redhead. I’m Scottish…got a problem with that? Come to my country and see how many alien redheads are ready and willing to kick your trashy ass. Now THAT would be a gift from god.